A: Ask me again after I figure out how much advertising we can sell based on our ratings.]]>It's a gag law, all right.https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150705/18174231556/spain-government-goes-full-police-state-enacts-law-forbidding-dissent-unauthorized-photography-law-enforcement.shtml#c268
Wed, 8 Jul 2015 14:03:47 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150705/18174231556/spain-government-goes-full-police-state-enacts-law-forbidding-dissent-unauthorized-photography-law-enforcement.shtml#c268Recursive Streisandhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150529/09193731148/insanity-rules-ireland-media-ordered-not-to-report-parliamentary-speech.shtml#c124
Fri, 29 May 2015 14:53:02 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150529/09193731148/insanity-rules-ireland-media-ordered-not-to-report-parliamentary-speech.shtml#c124Get an injunction against talking about the injunction against talking about the charges.

Get an injunction against talking about the injunction against talking about the injunction against talking about the charges.

Continue until the legal system collapses under the weight of the injunctions.]]>One Pirate Enters, Four Pirates Leave!https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150515/07042731012/eu-study-confirms-hollywoods-site-blocking-campaign-is-total-failure.shtml#c157
Fri, 15 May 2015 11:22:59 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150515/07042731012/eu-study-confirms-hollywoods-site-blocking-campaign-is-total-failure.shtml#c157Orwell Was Incompletehttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150513/07020630985/uk-plans-to-do-away-with-free-speech-name-free-speech.shtml#c453
Wed, 13 May 2015 12:25:28 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150513/07020630985/uk-plans-to-do-away-with-free-speech-name-free-speech.shtml#c453Freedom is Slavery

Ignorance is Strength

He left out: Censorship is Freedom of Speech]]>So the World Finally Starts Catching Up With Mehttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141103/05443929024/broadcasters-cable-companies-trying-harder-than-ever-to-annoy-paying-customers-with-ugly-public-contract-disputes.shtml#c355
Tue, 4 Nov 2014 12:08:38 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141103/05443929024/broadcasters-cable-companies-trying-harder-than-ever-to-annoy-paying-customers-with-ugly-public-contract-disputes.shtml#c355I was snottily told by their customer service that it was the package or nothing.

I chose nothing, canceled my account with them, and haven't regretted it for a minute. In fact, about ten years ago, the installed cable had rotted out to the extent that I threw it in the garbage where it belonged.

About the ONLY thing Comcast does for me these days is provide fodder for the paper-recycling bin.

Nice to see the rest of the public is catching on.]]>Singalong Timehttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141006/01082128740/washington-posts-braindead-editorial-phone-encryption-no-backdoors-how-about-magical-golden-key.shtml#c207
Mon, 6 Oct 2014 10:01:56 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141006/01082128740/washington-posts-braindead-editorial-phone-encryption-no-backdoors-how-about-magical-golden-key.shtml#c207I got a safe encrypted telephone.I hacked its golden key!Wonder what other uses that master key might have for me?

[author]The police should have the authority to search anyone's hard drive over the net and remove anything they deem suspicious. Anybody who objects to this is a thief or thief wannabe.

[me]I object. And aren't you being rather harsh to someone who has bought every book you ever wrote?

[author]Big deal. All the royalties I've ever gotten from you wouldn't even pay for dinner at my favorite restaurant.

My former collection of his stuff is now pulp fiction, and I haven't even been able to bring myself to pirate his stuff, much less read it.

Don Henley is just another jerk of the same stripe.]]>What is the lab complex called?https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140904/07162328412/intellectual-ventures-tries-to-rewrite-script-pretends-plan-was-always-about-making-stuff-not-trolling.shtml#c10
Thu, 4 Sep 2014 15:12:34 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140904/07162328412/intellectual-ventures-tries-to-rewrite-script-pretends-plan-was-always-about-making-stuff-not-trolling.shtml#c10Message to Washington Police (and cops everywhere)https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140815/06365428223/washington-police-we-have-to-respond-to-smartphones-almost-as-fast-as-we-respond-to-guns.shtml#c54
Fri, 15 Aug 2014 09:53:48 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140815/06365428223/washington-police-we-have-to-respond-to-smartphones-almost-as-fast-as-we-respond-to-guns.shtml#c54So...https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140804/12591128101/tropico-5-game-hits-little-too-close-to-home-newly-minted-thai-military-junta.shtml#c146
Wed, 6 Aug 2014 10:43:45 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140804/12591128101/tropico-5-game-hits-little-too-close-to-home-newly-minted-thai-military-junta.shtml#c146ET! Homophone!https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140731/08043328070/language-schools-blogger-fired-writing-post-homophones-director-fears-association-with-gay-sex.shtml#c503
Fri, 1 Aug 2014 11:31:24 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140731/08043328070/language-schools-blogger-fired-writing-post-homophones-director-fears-association-with-gay-sex.shtml#c503Ecch! Homo!https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140731/08043328070/language-schools-blogger-fired-writing-post-homophones-director-fears-association-with-gay-sex.shtml#c157
Fri, 1 Aug 2014 10:30:24 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140731/08043328070/language-schools-blogger-fired-writing-post-homophones-director-fears-association-with-gay-sex.shtml#c157Attn: Great Britain!https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140729/10593428044/uk-government-report-recommends-ending-online-anonymity.shtml#c258
Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:28:08 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140729/10593428044/uk-government-report-recommends-ending-online-anonymity.shtml#c258Holmes: I refer to the strange thing the court did with the request.https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140717/14215827921/supreme-court-tells-conan-doyle-estate-to-take-hike-consider-sherlock-holmes-public-domain.shtml#c32
Thu, 17 Jul 2014 15:22:23 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140717/14215827921/supreme-court-tells-conan-doyle-estate-to-take-hike-consider-sherlock-holmes-public-domain.shtml#c32Holmes: Precisely. That was the strange thing.]]>Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140717/05283427905/key-sony-gaming-websites-go-down-because-they-let-their-domains-expire.shtml#c72
Thu, 17 Jul 2014 13:25:20 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140717/05283427905/key-sony-gaming-websites-go-down-because-they-let-their-domains-expire.shtml#c72If you don't pay the power bill, and the power company sends an email to an address you haven't used in years, they have NO duty to send out bloodhounds to track you down and warn you your power is about to be cut off.